Apraxia of Eyelid Closing and Unilateral Meige’s Syndrome Complicating Left Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 25(3); 2007 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2007;25(3): 430-433.

좌측 중대뇌 동맥 경색 환자에서 나타난 우측 눈감기 실행증과 편측 Meige 증후군

김지원, 여승현 용석우 이필휴

아주대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실

Apraxia of Eyelid Closing and Unilateral Meige’s Syndrome Complicating Left Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction

Ji Won Kim

Department of neurology, college of medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

Abstract

Apraxia of eyelid closure is an uncommon condition characterized by difficulties in voluntary eye closing with preserved normal blinking. Meige’s syndrome is a disorder of adults, and is characterized by prolonged symmetric dystonic contraction of the orofacial muscles and blepharospasm. We report a case of apraxia of eyelid closure on the right eye with Meige’s syndrome on the left eye complicating a left middle cerebral artery territory infarction. KeyWords:Apraxia of eyelid closure, Meige’s syndrome